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Miyazaki Airport Closed After WWII Bomb Detonation
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VnExpress English
Politics
Flights cancelled for 790 passengers after minor blast at Miyazaki airport, ex-kamikaze base in Japan, with smoke, taxiway damage; police and fire investigating; unexploded ordnance found nearby; no injuries reported.
East Asia - South China Morning Post
Japan shuts regional airport after likely WW2-era bomb explodes near runway
Politics
Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan closed after WWII-era US bomb exploded near runway, creating 7m wide, 1m deep crater and causing 90 flight cancellations. Bomb disposal team found American bomb buried beneath land, likely from wartime air raid on former Japanese navy base on Kyushu island where hundreds of young kamikaze pilots set off. Repair works to fill hole expected by Thursday morning.
n-tv.de
Seven-meter-wide Crater: Explosion on Runway Shuts Down Airport in Japan - n-tv.de
Politics
Explosion on the runway of an airport in Japan; Crater with a diameter of 7 meters; Airport temporarily closed; Suspected WWII bomb from the USA.
Al Jazeera
Suspected WWII bomb grounds Japanese airport
Politics
Blast at Miyazaki Airport, Japan; US WWII bomb detonated, damaging 7m-wide, 1m-deep runway crater; Airport closed, 87 flights by JAL, ANA cancelled; Miyazaki used as Kamikaze base; Runway to reopen after repair; Taxiing aircraft near blast site; Unexploded bombs found at airport before; 2,348 WWII bombs disposed in 2023.
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